Posted on 06/17/2010 1:03:19 PM PDT by SmithL
A drug suspect who was shot and critically wounded after he crashed his car into another vehicle and struck a police officer at the end of a chase in East Oakland is suing the city for $1.5 million.
The shooting happened June 5, 2008, as officers were conducting surveillance of possible drug deals on the 2300 block of 88th Avenue.
The officers saw an alleged deal taking place and tried to stop Tavares Cobb, 28, as he left in a 1997 Cadillac. Cobb refused to stop, leading police on a chase through several city blocks, investigators said.
As the driver headed east on Bancroft Avenue from 82nd Avenue, he collided with a car. The impact wedged the Cadillac and the other car against a curb. The driver of the second car was not seriously injured.
An officer ran up to the Cadillac, but Cobb threw the car into reverse, dragging the officer and just missing another officer, police said.
The officer who was hit wasn't injured. Two other officers, Christopher Cardona and Christophe Marie, opened fire on Cobb,
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
And lawyers wonder why they have such a bad reputation!
Relatives would sue for wrongful death.
Too many professional plaintiffs.
Reason number 10,045 why California is going broke.
"You took my BABY BOY!!!! I need 2 million....."
At least if it was relatives suing, you would have the satisfaction of the perp being at room temp.
/johnny
True.
Sounds like they hit all the prime real estate .
99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name!
He was turning his life around and sh!t....good boy, got mixed up with the wrong crowd.....and sh!t...
Oakland jury. The case is a slam dunk if any of the cops are white.
“ah’s gone be RICH muffuggah man, sheeeeit!”
“because they aren’t better shots.”
Exactly, was going to say these cops need to shoot better and use more bullets to make sure this scum bag didn’t walk away.
1. Refusal to stop.
2. Aggravated assault w/ a deadly weapon.
3. Attempted capital murder of two peace officers.
Is it just me or does the perp need to pay, not the other way around?
Just one more reason to implement a “two in the chest, one in the head” policy.....
Give they guy all of California DNC’s money.
Take what else is need form the SEIU’s widows and orphans fund.
Bigger guns, that’s the answer.
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